Keaveney: Tell me what O’Brien needs said and I’ll say it

Colm Keaveney’s former parliamentary assistant has signed an affidavit in which he claims the former Fianna Fail TD told him he was prepared to say whatever Denis O’Brien “needs said” at a time when the businessman was taking legal proceedings against him.

The affidavit from Alan Hynes, who served as Keaveney’s PA between 2012 and 2016, is the latest twist in the long-running legal battle between O’Brien, Ireland’s richest man, and Red Flag, a PR company accused by the billionaire of orchestrating a conspiracy to damage his reputation.

O’Brien is seeking to add Declan Ganley, a rival businessman, as a defendant in his case against Red Flag. This is largely on the strength of evidence from Keaveney, a Fianna Fail TD up until 2016.

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